Attention iPhone/mobile phone readers!
Oct 24, 2008 Housekeeping, apple
I have optimized adamriggins.com to load a LOT faster on mobile web browsers. If you use an iPhone, Windows mobile, or whatever, it will be a streamlined look. Some screenshots:
Once you click a post:
O, and for all of you Wordpress users, you can do the same thing by installing the MobilePress plugin.
Happy 7th Birthday, iPod
Oct 23, 2008 Technology, apple
What were you doing 7 years ago today? I was a senior in college trying to figure out what I would be doing after graduation. On this day 7 years ago, something else happened. Something awesome. Something that would change the world. Wow, I sound like a total loser!
Anyways, 7 years ago today, the first iPod was introduced. And to plagiarize myself,
Apple introduced the first iPod. 5 gigs of storage promised 1,000 CD quality songs in your pocket. The Firewire port let you transfer those songs in less than 10 minutes, and it could even double as a portable hard drive. $399 would get you this little marvel (though it didn’t go on sale until November 10th) but you had better have a Mac. Why? Because, the iPod was Mac only.
How many iPods have you had in the last 7 years?
What kind of iPhone 3G speeds are YOU getting?
Oct 9, 2008 Technology, apple
Using the iNetwork Test app on the iPhone, it looks like I am getting pretty darn good speeds from the 3G network in Atlanta. For those of you with an iPhone, what kind of luck are y’all having?
VisualHub makers closing their doors
Oct 3, 2008 Current Events, Found Online, apple
Bad news, Mac users. I have posted before on my love for VisualHub, the best movie-converter on the Mac. Techspansion, the company that made it, has decided to close shop:
…After much soul-searching (it’s not you, it’s me), for personal reasons, Techspansion is closing its virtual doors.
The Support Forum and Support E-mail will be available for a while longer to take care of any remaining issues for you.Thanks for all your support. It’s been a fun ride.
I’m really sad to read that. I use VisualHub every time I need to convert a movie from one format to another, which is almost every day. Luckily, the software will continue to work, but there will be no more updates.
Thanks, VisualHub. It really has been awesome!
Tags: mac, movie conversion, visualhub
QuickGold = my favorite iPhone app so far
Oct 1, 2008 Just Plain Awesomeness, apple
**Disclaimer: This app is ony available for jailbroken iPhones. That being said, there is almost NO reason to not jailbreak your phone. You can still get all the Apple Store apps, but also a bunch of others that really expand the functionality of the iPhone.**
With an iPhone, there are a lot of things you can do: send a text message, make a phone call, compose an email, launch an application. Sometimes, to do certain things, it can take several steps just to get there.
Enter QuickGold. At it’s most basic level, QuickGold is an application “launcher”. In other words, just start typing what you want to do, and QuickGold does the rest. If you have ever used Quicksilver on a Mac, it’s the same idea. Here’s how it works:
Once installed, if you are at the “home” screen on your iPhone, all you have to do is hit the “home button” once, and it brings up the QuickGold interface:
Just start typing something, and it will show you anything on your phone that matches what you have typed:
Once whatver you want pops up, you click it and it launches. if you click on a contact, you get a menu that lets you easily send a phone call, an email or a text message:
I’ve only been using this for a couple of days, but it really speeds up the process for doing things like sending a text message.
More info about jailbreaking your iPhone
Tags: iphone, launcher, pwnage, quicksilver
Use your iPhone to find your car
Aug 16, 2008 Technology, apple
Saturday, I went to Turner Field to see the Atlanta Braves play some baseball. When I got to my parking place, my first thought was to look around me to see how I could find my car in the sea of cars after the game. Then it hit me: use the GPS.
I opened up Google Maps, had it locate me, then I dropped a pin to identify the location.
After the game, I just walked towards the dot. It was accurate within about 3 feet.
So you see, there’s another great use for a 3G iPhone- using it I find your car in a huge parking lot.
Tags: apple, gps, iphone, technology
DeskLickr - Flickrize your desktop
Jun 23, 2008 Found Online, Technology, apple
For all you mac users out there, here is a great program that will allow you to have your desktop background automatically changed as frequently as you would like. DeskLickr pulls hi-res images off of Flickr and sets it as your background. The program sits in the menu bar, and if you decide you want to change it on they fly, you can. Here is what it looks like:
Clicking on the icon gets you some options:
The prefrences:
Voila! You have a cool new background:
Tags: background, desklickr, desktop, flickr
